I was looking at Graphite Editor project and how the hell is 24k stars on GitHub translate to 600$ per month?
This is not the first open source project that I see with this problem.
Why the hell is no one supporting open source developers?
It ain’t sexy.
“in some cases” yeah you’re talking about a tiny percentage here, just the ones at the top. Why? Why do some sports players get paid so much? Why do some movie stars get paid so much? Society places incredibly high value on appearances. You’re free to disagree on a personal level (as do I, the beauty culture is horrendous) but it’s important to realize the reality of how most people think.
As for the devs, people are often broke. Years ago, the reason I first learned about open source was looking for free alternatives to word, when I found libreoffice. I had absolutely no money to spare at the time. These days, I’m in the hole again. But I give when I’m able. I try to give proportionally to my use of whatever it is, that feels fair. I make bug reports with needed relevant info, I’m learning c++ for myself but also to one day make contributions of my own.
Open source being discovered as a no-cost alternative to paid software makes it difficult to fet funding, even though that’s a pillar of what makes it so great. Bit of a paradox.
This might be the dumbest question ever asked.
Yeah kinda sus this got upvoted so highly. Puritans?
Why??
What is the oldest profession?
There are no stupid questions, only stupid answers
There’s a huge amount of stupid questions. I know, because I ask them all the time.
Many, many questions are stupid. This post is certainly one of them
There are no stupid questions, only inquisitive idiots.
Teachers say this because they need stupid students to identify themselves.
In any other context, there are indeed stupid questions which when asked will identify the asker as an idiot.
So your question is “why do people spend more money on sexual gratification than on being fair?”
I don’t even know where to start with that one, but the question suggests extreme naivety.
And/or extremist views
Yeah probably. Someone just responded to me with some incel bullshit and I doubt they’re alone.
I think it has more to do with how open source developers work considerably harder than onlyfans whores yet get paid significantly less, if they make any money at all.
Ah so we’ve come out and said the incel shit out loud. I appreciate the candor, even if it is absolutely disgusting.
What? It’s the truth.
Incels always do think they know the truth.
Can you tell us why it isn’t true instead of insulting me?
Maybe you can explain why sex workers are subhuman? How about that? Let’s see how many friends you win from expanding on this.
It’s obvious that you’ve already decided that you “know” what the person you’re arguing with means and think, and then you’re attacking that instead of recognising that you’ve misunderstood them.
When did I say they are subhuman? If you can’t read then it’s understandable why you’re confused.
The clear answer is that developers should have their own Onlyfans channels.
Solution: Start programming naked with programming socks.
So… are there any FOSS hackers who stream themselves working on free software? But like, the focus is on them, not just the code? And like maybe they get up to get a cup of tea or do some stretching etc and you can just imagine their inner monologue going “should I break out all this code into a library, it’s getting pretty big… and maybe I will need this in the future… just like I need a hug… or maybe I should open a flower shop and bake my own bread and live more in the moment” and the programmer takes a deep breath and everyone watching is confronted with a realization that they are distracting themselves from their own existential dread by watching someone else go through existential feelings.
Yes, there’s plenty, it’s a category on Twitch
I mean… People like boobs.
The average earnings per month on onlyfans is something like $3 a month, most people doing that are not making millions, those are outliers.
I would bet AVERAGE earnings for developers are the same or higher.
isn’t onlyfans basically porn. I mean porn has advanced technology more than any single developer for all of history.
FOSS is not as sexy as tits.
Speak for yourself.
Tits are a commodity. Apparently the money is in feet. A common enough kink to have a profitable user base and niche enough to be underserved/concentrated. Dudes like Tarantino have the money after all.
TIL.
You could go join only fans. Show your assets. Let some old guy or girl leer at you. Maybe let him pay you for sex. Totally your right. Has to be better than being a dev right?
Point being look at the rational and objective responses here. For years there has been the industry of sex and some people make money some are taken advantage of. Have you ever watched free porn? Someone and their body were likely taken advantage of that and you benefitted. If the answer is yes then you have pretty much invalidated your own question.
You have the right to provide your services as a dev or displaying your body. Being sanctimonious about the $$$ involved is a shallow argument.
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Sex sells
Simps are gonna simp. Most people don’t give supporting the software they run a single thought. Devs just aren’t valued and sex has been selling since the dawn of man.
